Record-book.



No. 667,479. Patented Feb. 5, l90l.

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1. 0. WOLF. Administrator.

RECORD BOOK.

(Application filed July 12, 1899.) .(No Model.)

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E. MOORE,

DECEASED.

RECORD-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 667,479, dated February 5, 1901.

Application filed July 12, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that GEORGE E. MOORE, deceased, late of Batesville, county of Independence, State of Arkansas, did invent an Improvement in Record-Books, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to books, and more especially to that class thereof known as record-books, in which deeds, Wills, and other like documents are transcribed by type-writing or otherwise; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved article of the character specified wherein the sheets can be removed and inserted with facility and rapidity.

The improved book in the embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings includes in its organization the usual cover, one or more cross -pieces supported within the cover, a detachable support at their ends, a series of sheets, and means for detachably securing the sheets to said crosspieces. The several parts just alluded to may be of any suitable construction or material; but preferably a series of cross-pieces is employed having hinge members at their ends to receive pivots detachably connected with the cover. but in the present instance they consist of two parallel rods adapted to be passed through hinge members upon the cover and the hinge members of the cross-pieces, to which reference has previously been made. By removing What might be termed the front rod the sheets in the fore part of the book can be readily separated from the series, and by removing the back rod the sheets that had been previously removed and written upon can be reinserted from the back of the book. Any means of course may be provided for detachably securing the sheets to the crosspieces; but thin strips, preferably of metal,

are usually used, and they lie between the pages of the sheets and have ears or tabs which project through slits formed in the fold-line of the sheets, and each have slots to receive the cross-pieces, to which reference These pivots may be of any kind;

Serial No. 723,555. (No model.)

has been made, the latter ordinarily consisting of curved thin and light metallic strips.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a record-book including this invention in the preferred embodiment thereof, showing the same closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the book open and one of the hinge or pivot rods withdrawn. Fig. 3 is an enlarged end view of a portion of the book. Fig. 4 is a detail in section of a sheet and a sheet-attaching device therein. Fig. 5 is a rear edge View of the sheet straddling an attaching device. Fig. 6 is adetail illustrating a simple manner of stringing the leafsecuring strips to the cross-pieces, and Fig. 7 is a detail representing a means for locking the sheet in the book.

The improved book includes in its organization a cover which may be of any suitable character, that represented being denoted by O, and it consists of the frontand back flaps 2 and 3, connected by the usual flexible back 4 and between which the sheets are removably bound,

The record-book constituting the present invention is of peculiar importance in places where the type-writing machine is utilized to transcribe transfers of real estate and other like legal papers therein, as the sheets canbe very readily and quickly removed from the book and inserted in a machine to receive the required writings and when filled they can be as easily inserted in a book. When all the pages are filled, the completed book will be filed away and the sheets will be held therein as firmly and as neatly as books in which the sheets are permanently bound.

The sheets are denoted by S and are folded upon themselves near their middle over suitable holding-strips 13 to form substantially duplicate or similar signatures 5, which are removably connected in series to a plurality of cross-pieces 6, which in turn are removably assembled within the cover 0. Any convenient means may be employed for detachably uniting the sheets S with the cross-pieces 6, and it is obvious of course that in small books only one cross-piece 6 may be employed, al-

though ordinarilyalargernumber is provided r is to prevent lateral movement of the sheets when in place. The cross-pieces 6 are usually formed of thin metal, as steel, and are of curved shape, as shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 6, and they have at their opposite ends the hinge members, shown as open hooks 7 and 8, which are adapted to receive suitable pivots or pins to hold them in proper relation, but removably. In the present case the rods 9 and 10 are represented as a simple and convenient means for removably connecting the cross-pieces to the cover or binding 0, and these rods, which are inserted through the hinge members 7 and 8, are adapted to also pass through the parallel and substantially tubular hinge members 12 and 12, located within the book at opposite sides of the pile of sheets and at about the junction of the back 4 and the fiaps 2 and 3, respectively, and when the hinge members 12 and 12 within the cover and the hinge members 7 and 8 upon the opposite ends of the cross-pieces 6 are brought into longitudinal alinement the rods 9 and 10 may be passed through the registering hinge members,thereby binding the sheets firmly and solidly within the cover.

Asa convenient means of securing the sheets to the cross-pieces 6 the strips 13 may be employed, and these strips are formed from very thin metal, so as not materially to add to the weight of the book, and they lie, respectively, between the pages of each folded sheet S and are provided with ears or tabs 14 at suitable points in their length, adapted to be passed through slits or openings 15, formed at different points in the length of the sheets upon the fold-line. The ears or tabs 14 have elongated slots 16 to receive the cross-pieces 6.

In the embodiment of the invention represented five cross-pieces are employed, and therefore it will be understood that each strip has a corresponding number of lugs.

To facilitate the attachment and detachment of the sheets, the hinge members 7 and 8 at the opposite ends of the cross-pieces 6 are of book or open form, and these hooks may be passed through the slots 16 in threading the sheets upon said cross-pieces.

The book when bound has a series of signatures, each of which consists of four pages, and the pages of the book are usually numbered serially from 1 upward, and when the parts are in assembled relation the rod 9 will be passed through the hinge members 12 and 7 upon the book and cross-pieces, respectively, while the rod 10 will be passed through the hinge members 12 and 8.

It will be evident from the preceding description that the sheets can be taken out and placed in at will and that by removing the rod 9 the sheets in the fore part of the book can be detached by simply unhooking the tabs 14:, connected therewith, from the front ends of the cross-pieces 6, and the pages thus removed can be reinserted from the back by threading the tabs upon the back ends of the cross-pieces.

When it is desired to make a type-written record upon the blank sheet, the front rod 9 will be first removed, so that the first sheet, consisting of four pages, can be easily released, after which the connecting-strip 13 will be taken from between the pages, so that the latter can be inserted in a type-writer and suitable transcriptions be made thereon. Af ter. the first sheet has been removed the rod 9 can be connected with the respective hinge members to properly unite the remaining blank sheets. When the first four pages are completely filled, the connecting-strip 13 will be placed between the same, so that they can be thereby filed in the back of the book. A second signature can then be removed in like manner-and its pages be numbered from 5 to 8, incl usive, and after being filled they will also be inserted from the back of the book and behind pages 1to 4, and this operation will be continued until all the blank pages are removed, filled, and reinserted, so that they will appear in proper order from number 1 and up from the front side of the back, as they originally (lid when in blank condition.

It will be evident that any one or more signatures of the book can be readily and quickly removed and filled and reinserted and the book when in its finished condition will be neat and the pages will be firmly secured within the cover without any possibility of side movement, and they will be protected at all times by said cover, so that the finished records will present a clean and tidy appearance.

In some cases the rods 9 and 10 may be wholly removed until all of the sheets have been Written up; but ordinarily it is desirable that the connectingrods should remain, particularly when the book is being used at short intervals for purposes of references, and in such a case as this it is desirable that the rods should be locked in place.

In Fig. 7 the back 4 is shown as provided with a plate 20, suitably secured therein and having an eye 21 at its upper end, through which the chain 22 may pass, said chain being also inserted through the eyes 23 at the upper ends of the longitudinal pivot or connecting rods 9 and 10, and the ends of the same are adapted to be connected by the lock 24, which when in place is adapted to secure the rods against removal. The rods 9 and 10 are provided with weakened places 30. When the book is filled, those parts of the rod located above the weakened places 30 can be readily broken ofi, after which the major portions of the rods can be thrust downward into the book, so that they do not project above the top or bottom of the book.

When the book is completely filled, it can be of course filed away.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the blank leaves are detachably bound within the cover and that they can be readily removed for use and when filled can be easily inserted, and they are thus protected at all times from injury and other dis- IIO advantages arising in cases where the sheets are placed in a temporary binder for subsequent permanent binding.

Having described the invention, what is claimed isl. A book comprising a cover having hinge members, a series of cross-pieces having hinge members at their ends, a plurality of rods adapted to pass through said hinge members, each rod having a weakened place,a chain connected to the rods beyond the weakened places thereof, a lock for permanently connecting the free ends of the chain, and means upon the book to which said chain is connected.

2. A book havinga series of sheets, means, including two rods for detachably securing said sheets in place, and a chain connected to said rods, a device on the book to which said chain is connected, and a lock for permanently uniting the free ends of the chain.

3. A book having a series of sheets, means, including two rods, for detachably securing said sheets in place, a chain connected to said rods, a lock for permanently connecting the free ends of the chain, and a plate upon the book provided with an eye to receive said chain.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J NO. Q. WOLF, Administrator of the estate of George .E'.M00re,

deceased.

Witnesses:

J. O. YANOEY, L. F. REEDER. 

